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Net.Art is Dead. Long Live Net.Art.Mon, 19 Mar 2018 15:49:49 +0000en-UShourly12018 Artcontext Calendarhttp://artcontext.org/wire/announce/?p=306
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See the calendar that shows you the game, the end game, and the un-winnable madness. [More]]]>

The 2018 edition of the Artcontext Calendar reflects the skewed priorities of a powerful nation addicted to spending public money to build weapons. Its fascist color palette is dedicated to regime change at home.

Since 1979, the artist Andy Deck has produced annual calendars. This year’s is highly usable and bound with a wire.

This Iraq War – era Net Art loop has been restored, making it compatible with contemporary browsers.

Inspired by the maddening disregard for facts and humanity shown by the U.S. government, led by Bush and Cheney. The mute arm-waving signal-men mimic the millions of protesters around the world who opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, only to be ignored.

]]>http://artcontext.org/wire/announce/?feed=rss2&p=2890OpenStudio is backhttp://artcontext.org/wire/announce/?p=281
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After years of applet decline and firewall issues, OpenStudio is officially back in action. [ More ]]]>

After years of applet decline and firewall issues, OpenStudio is officially back in action. The functionality is comparable to what it was around 1999. Although it is not mobile friendly, it revives the many archival creative contributions and lets people participate fully from their PCs and laptops.

]]>http://artcontext.org/wire/announce/?feed=rss2&p=26101st Prize for Interactive Category at LÚMEN_EXhttp://artcontext.org/wire/announce/?p=182
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The 2011 prize for Interactive Digital Art of Extremadura University has been awarded to New York artist Andy Deck. [More]]]>

The winning works the second edition of LÚMEN_EX, Prizes for Digital Art of the University of Extremadura have been announced. The contest included two categories: Minimaciones, or noninteractive pieces of digital animation whose duration does not exceed five minutes; and Interactive, for virtual works that required interaction with the user. In the first category, the first prize of 2,500 Euros was awarded to the Barcelonian artist, Merino Albert, with the work The City and the second prize, 1,000 Euros, went to Cacereño Chema Rodriguez Durán, with Death Theater. On the other hand, the New Yorker Andy Deck, with EcoPurá, won the first prize (2,500 Euros) in the Interactive category. The second prize (1,000 Euros) went to Pelayo Méndez Flórez, also from Barcelona, for a piece titled ACITEOP/Poetic Dysfunctions of the Language. The awarded works, as well as finalists, will comprise an exhibition presented by the UEx in the Frontier and Latin American Museum of Contemporary Art. At the opening the prizes will be given.

Description of work –

EcoPurá work addresses the superabundance of marketing hype aimed at convincing consumers that every company is ‘green.’ Logically this is not true, and the viewer is left to discover that the software and website, although it looks somewhat real, is satirical in nature. The term “Image Manipulation Program” is a double entendre that refers both to the literal image software and the process of misrepresenting the environmental impact of products, manufacturing, and distribution of goods and services. As with many works by Andy Deck, the public participation in the work will be compiled into a retrospective format that surveys the ideas and messages contributed by the ‘visiting artists’ who use the software.